Sarah_loves_mika Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 It's a funny old place!! I'm originally from down south anyway so im not as broad as some people I'll see if i can think of more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 A few Yorkshire-ish words for you: Backword - To cancel an arrangement: "He gave backword" Badly - Someone who is not well Barmpot - A silly person Beefing - Crying / Whinging / Complaining Bins - Glasses Dee-Dars noun - referring to residents of Sheffield, who were said to pronounce Thee and Tha as Dee and Da Goodies Sweets - usually hard-boiled sweets Krog or Kroggie - A ride on the crossbar of somebody's bicycle Mack-off - Big, massive etc. Sometimes pronounced "Whack-off" Middin - A mess in a room Na then' - Informal greeting - often "Na then sonny" Nither - (to freeze), used in relation to the weather/climate: "I'm absolutely nithered!"/"It's nitherin' in 'ere!" Owt - Anything, Nowt meaning nothing Push-Iron - Bicycle - "some bugger's nicked me Push-Iron!" Radgey - Bad tempered Steg - An undesirable lady Summat - Something Taffled - Tangled as in "it's all taffled up" Tekkies - Superstore chain Tescos T'internet - The internet T'interweb - Fusion of the above with world wide web Tyke - a Yorkshireman; in football (soccer), The Tykes is the official nickname of Barnsley FC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Mika backworded when a barmpot was beefing over bins because a summat radgey steg used his push-iron:mf_rosetinted: Wooohooo I'm good:roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercurygirl Posted March 8, 2008 Share Posted March 8, 2008 Mika backworded when a barmpot was beefing over bins because a summat radgey steg used his push-iron:mf_rosetinted: Wooohooo I'm good:roftl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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